Dancing Georgia

Watch out, you might be in for a cute overload. Georgia and the dance class!

This was our follow-up to swim class. Saturday mornings Georgia and Daddy go to dance class. Hopefully, Mommy and Sophie will show up at the end and we can meet up with some other folks for lunch and the farmer's market that takes place just outside the studio.

 Daddy says Georgia follows directions really well.

 She got to borrow toe shoes last week. We aren't investing in a pair for her until next year, when she will take ballet again (we couldn't get her into class in the fall. Stupid overpopulation.)

 She really enjoyed the class. Particularly learning to curtsy and to make herself VERY BIG and then very small.

 I want you to see this hairdo. It took some creativity. She just doesn't have enough hair for a proper bun, and it's so fine that it always falls out anyway. This was a triumph of rubberbands and fancy handiwork.

 

 The girl opposite G is wearing the same pink bathing suit Georgia got for her birthday from Elia. G didn't make the connection...at least not that day.

 When Miss Liz tells them to put sit and put their hands on their heads, she then gives them stickers. Guess who usually gets into position first? Stickers are the key to good behavior.

Sorry about that...

What a cruel joke! No posts for weeks, then a post promising all kinds of videos, but none of the videos works. I have no idea why that happened, so I've deleted that post and am trying again.

Here, Sophie has her first taste of rice cereal!

Here, Sophie is working on drinking water from a sippy.

Now, Sophie decides to feed herself. Georgia tries to help with good advice.

Sophie learns that being in the highchair can mean high fun with her very favorite person in the world - Georgia.

Pardon the Interruption

So our computer is on the fritz (aka swarming with viruses). Lucky for us, Aidan's daddy is a computer whiz and is fixing it as we speak. Pictures will be slow to come until we get it back, but I wanted to offer some updates:

-Sophie's 6 month appointment went great! She weighs 17.15lbs and is 26.25"
-We started solids on Saturday! She is not a fan of rice cereal, really likes oatmeal, and is undecided about winter squash.
-With solids came a chance to sit in the highchair finally! Sophie loves sitting at the table with all of us. Georgia is having fun with it, too. We're still not sure where the highchair should go in our tiny little dining room, but we're making due.
-Georgia started in the preschool room last week! It's called the Beanstalks and here are a few things you need to know about them: they can pour their own water to drink, they have their own potty WITH A DOOR, they take their shoes off for nap and put them under the cot to sleep (Daddy said, "Oh, just like in the Army."). Miss Valentine is WONDERFUL and Georgia alternately says she doesn't have any friends, has too many friends. Georgia is hoping that all the Cockleshells kids (the room she just left) will grow up soon and be Beanstalks with her. Sigh. She's in for a rude awakening in August when she starts an entirely new school...with uniforms...but we'll get to that later.

Baby Freedom

At least once a day, it seems, Sophie ruins an outfit. Here she is, post-accident, enjoying the baby freedom. She's 5.5 months in this video and isn't quite rolling over much. My how things have changed on this side of 6 months!

More of Super Sophie

She's just so much fun. Really! You should come over sometime and see.

A good time to visit is when we have our famous family dance parties.
 
Sophie is really getting into the tradition.

G and the Swimming Class

Ok, full disclosure: this class ended like, a month ago (geez, who is running this blog?). But here are some photos lifted off of Abby's mom's blog because mommy just never made it to the class to take her own (Sophie's naptime, it coincides with many fun things). Here you can see Abby, G and another cute kiddo.



They learned to swim with noodles, blow bubbles under the water, and how to jump into the water and squeal with delight when their daddies threw them in the air (not much to learn on that last part, I think it's in the little girl DNA).

So cute, am I right?

Now we've moved onto dance class on Saturday mornings. I hope to have some photos soon. Here are the littler ones during swim class when Abby's mom brought Nate over for coffee (I don't mean that the way it sounds).

Baby Nate - a suitor for Sophie - we approve.

I mean, look at all that luxurious hair?!?

Sophie has some nice hair of her own...and a chubby-cheeked profile that is just to die for.

Self-explanatory

Sometimes, Sophie doesn't want to sleep! And she horns in on our "evening time." Sigh. At least she's fun to look at, while she's not napping.


This onesie didn't really fit Georgia either, but it does seem appropriate anyway.

You can't see it, but it reads "CARPE DIEM: Seize the day and then scream all night."